Dinah/Jason Gideon (Criminal Minds).Duets2 ch 10. Love's Been A Little Bit Hard on Me is by Juice Newton.
LOVE'S BEEN A LITTLE BIT HARD ON ME (DINAH & JASON G.)
Jason Gideon walked into his office at the Behavorial Analysis Unit in Quantico, VA, and was confronted by both Agents Emily Prentiss and Jennifer JJ Jarreau, who were both smiling. –Uh-Oh.- he thought to himself.
JJ smiled and said "This Valentine's day matchmaking isn't over yet. We've found someone for you."
Gideon frowned. "If it's Strauss, you had both better run, I never hit a woman before, but if it's her, I swear…"
Prentiss giggled at that, then said "Hey, give us some credit, we wouldn't do that." They both stepped aside, to reveal Black Canary, Dinah Laurel Lance, standing there. "I hear you need a favor from me."
Gideon looked at the 2 agents. "Does she know why you called her here?"
Both began to stammer, when Dinah smiled and said "I had a feeling that something like this was going to happen. I just broke up with Green Arrow, and apparently you're single right now. I suspect they and a certain former protégé of GA's had something to do with this."
Gideon then grinned at the heroine, and spoke "Since they both had a…correct…feeling about this, I won't get revenge…THIS time. Would you like to go out while you're here?"
"I'd love it. Let's do this someplace private, however."
"I'm all for that." As Gideon and Dinah left, both Prentiss and JJ asked "Can we come along…as chaperones?"
"NO WAY!"
At a French restaurant 26 minutes later, Dinah & Gideon were laughing and talking. "J'onn said that you were unique…and I see why. Classic Motown, Beatles, Sondheim, Wagner…you definitely have eclectic tastes in music…of course, I have the same choices…somewhat."
Gideon grinned and said "Given our jobs, I'm amazed we have time for music…or anything else. Dinah…if I can ask a personal question…why did you and Green Arrow break up?"
Dinah sighed and told him "I got tired of his fighting with everyone, his friends, his partner, me, everyone. He wants everyone else to change, but when you ask him to take care of his faults, it's like you spit on the Mona Lisa…and then was all the cheating…with just about any female who would say yes. This last time was the last straw, and you would think I would be upset after the last 9-10 years, instead, I feel like I just got rid of an albatross. I feel free…liberated."
Gideon then looked at Dinah and mused "What was life like with him?"
"Alternately wonderful and disgusting. Eventually, the disgusting parts began to outweigh the good, and I couldn't take it anymore. What about you?" Dinah asks.
"Not much to tell. I had suffered a nervous breakdown due to the death of six of my colleagues in a warehouse bombing. When I returned from a six-month-long medical leave, I was given the Senior Agent position of the B.A.U. as Hotch was confirmed as Unit Chief. At the time, Iwas called back to work to help profile a killer, called "The Seattle Strangler" by the media. He abducted women and held them prisoner before strangling them and dumping their bodies. After I put together a profile, we believed the unsub was a Richard Slessman, a convicted serial rapist. When we picked him up, the pieces didn't all fit together, and we discovered that Slessman was the "brains" of a duo. Eventually, we discovered that Timothy Vogel, a prison guard that protected Slessman while he was in jail, was the actual perpetrator of the crimes. I was able to save Heather Woodland's life by angering Vogel to the point that he forgot about the victim and tried to kill me, only to be shot by Elle." Gideon finished.
"Elle? Oh, yeah, the Purple Power Angel. How does that feel, knowing you once worked with a Power Angel?" Black Canary asked him.
"Truthfully? Kind of strange. It is very weird, I'm starting to wonder which one of us will get superpowers next. Anyway, enough about me, what do you want to do next?"
"I hear that there's a Rolling Stones tribute band playing around here. How about it?"
At that point, Juice Newton's 'Love's Been A Little Bit Hard On Me' came on the restaurant's speaker system. Both mused "Says a lot about my love life." As they both share a laugh about this, Dinah says "I hear you're a really talented cook. Any chance I might find out sometime?"
"Only if you teach me some of your martial arts moves. I'm getting a little bit rusty in that department. Y'know what? I have a feeling this is the beginning of a beautiful friendship, and Green Arrow was out of his mind to treat you the way he did." Gideon told her.
"You're right, this is a great beginning." Dinah says as they leave the restaurant. Dinah then thinks to herself 'Maybe something a bit more.
Well, I've got nothing to be ashamed of
Love's been a little bit hard on me
If I shy away it's only because
Love's been a little bit hard on me
(Love's been a little)
Oh, love's been a little
(Love's been a little bit hard on me)
(Love's been a little)
You know just been a little
(Love's been a little bit hard on me)
Now, I can remember when it's been so much
Love's been a little bit hard on me
Now I shy away at the slightest touch
Love's been a little bit hard on me
(Love's been a little)
Oh, you know it's been a little
(Love's been a little bit hard on me)
(Love's been a little)
Just a little, little
(Love's been a little bit hard on me)
Come out, come out
To the hopeless romance inside
Shout it's all right, it's all right
To stay so dark, so close to the light
Come out, come out
To the hopeless romance inside
Shout it's all right, it's all right
To stay so dark, so close to the light
I'll be back when I calm my fears
Love's been a little bit hard on me
And I'll see you around in a thousand years
Love's been a little bit hard on me
(Love's been a little)
You know it's just been a little
(Love's been a little bit hard on me)
Oh, love you know it's just been a little
(Love's been a little bit hard on me)
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